The Arizona Legislature’s Request to Speak (RTS) system should be on high alert for the House Health and Human Services Committee meeting on Thursday, Feb. 6. We will be hearing Cathi Herrod’s funding bill for the fake pregnancy hotline bill (HB2388). This bill gives $1.5 million a year to the 211 information and referral line, … Read more
The alternative headline for this blog post could be: Are eight tax cuts in two weeks too many? I think so. Last week, I said that the State of Arizona should change its motto from Ditat Deus (God Enriches) to Tax Cuts R Us. Looking at this Wednesday’s Ways and Means Committee agenda with four more … Read more
Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman came to the House Committee on Education to tell the story about the state of Arizona’s schools in her State of Education Address. Superintendent Hoffman started her speech celebrating the many heroes that work to make education a rewarding experience for Arizona’s children. These included the bus drivers, the … Read more
Instead of “Ditat Deus” (God Enriches), Arizona’s motto should be “Tax Cuts R Us.” Today in the Ways and Means Committee, we heard three tax giveaway bills: HB229 (corporate welfare for utility companies); HB2355 and HB2356 (increases to the 25% charitable tax credit passed in 2019); and HB2358 (increases to the dependent tax credit). HB2293 … Read more
If one wanted to release the names of all the families that had obtained Empowerment Scholarship Accounts (Vouchers) and not get caught, the first thing that person should do is send that information to two news organizations in the hopes they would not tell anyone else how they obtained it. The above paragraph should tell … Read more